Compound for transferring designs to surfaces from perforated patterns



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LILLIAN VVHITEFIEIID, OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS.

. COMPOUND FOR TRANSFERRING DESIGNS T SURFACES FROM PERFORATED PATTERNS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,949, dated November2, 1886.

Application filed August 23, 1886. SerialNo. 211,693. (No specimens.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LILLIAN WHITEFIELD, of Reading, inthe county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an improved MarkingCompound for Transferring Designs to Surfaces from Perforated Patterns;and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

In the operation of producing outline designs upon woven fabrics andother surfaces for embroidery and other artwork, it is customary in manycases to employ a perforated pattern of paper or other suitablematerial, which is placed upon the surface to be marked, after whichmoist white lead or dry stampingpowder is rubbed over the pattern, whichpasses through the perforations of the same and leaves the design in aseries of dots upon the surface beneath. WVhen, however, white lead isemployed, it fills the perforations of the pattern, which consequentlyrequires to be washed out after each time that it is used, while whenthe dry stamping-powder is employed a hot iron must be passed over thefab ric or surface on which the design is marked, to set or fix the sameand prevent it from be coming easily obliterated.

My invention has for its object to greatly facilitate this markingprocess and avoid the necessity of washing out the pattern or passing ahot iron over the design when produced upon the woven or other surface;and it con sists in a compound formed of certain ingredients, mixedtogether as hereinafter set forth, whereby an exceedingly effectivemarking compound is produced, which is especially adapted for use inmarking'designs with perforated patterns, as it will enable the work tobe performed more rapidly and perfectly than heretofore.

In carrying my invention into effect, I take a suitable vessel and placetherein one quart of benzine, naphtha, or turpentine, after which I addone ounce of a suitable pigment of any desired colorfor instance,chrome-yellow or Chinese blue -one tea-spoonful of bronze-powder, andone tea-spoonful of kerosene-oil, and, if it should be-desired to impartan agreeable odor to the compound, a few drops of oil of I do not wishto confine myself to .the exact.

propo rtions ofthe ingredients above described, as these may be variedto some extent without departing from the spirit of my invention.

In using the above-described liquid'marking compound, it is rubbedthrough the perforations of the pattein in any suitable manher-forinstance, by means of a piece of soft cloth saturated with the compoundand dis posed in any convenient shape that may be found best adapted tothe work.

The advantages of my improved composition are, that it enables the workto be performed much more rapidly than heretofore, as it does not clogor obstruct the perforations of the pattern, but leaves the sameentirely free and clean, thus avoiding the frequent washing out of thesame, while when the design is marked uponthe surface intended toreceive it no hot iron or subsequent process is required to fix or setthe same, and consequently a considerable saving in time and labor iseffected.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The herein-described liquid marking con1- pound, consisting of benzine,naphtha, or turpentine, bronze-powder, keroseneoil, and a' suitablecoloring substance, mixed together in about the proportions named,substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 20th day of August, A. D. 1886.

LILLIAN WHITEFIELD.

In presence of- P. E. TESOHEMAOHER, E. F. EDGETT.

